[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 29 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S2585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate will reconvene on Monday at 
10 a.m. and immediately begin consideration of the budget resolution. 
As I mentioned earlier this morning, and I mention again now, it is 
going to be a long and challenging week. Senators should expect to be 
here in the evenings. There will, of course, be multiple votes during 
the course of the week. We typically do what is referred to around here 
with a wry smile as a vote-a-rama toward the end of the budget week.
  I caution all Senators that next Friday will be an unusual Friday, a 
Friday in which we will, in all likelihood, be here and working 
throughout the day and up into the evening. If previous years' Fridays 
of budget week are any indication, that is what we can expect next 
Friday. I want everybody to be on notice that notions of pulling out 
early on the Friday before the recess probably will not hold, unless we 
have incredible cooperation early in the week to move much more 
quickly. We are looking at an unusual and long Friday with lots of 
votes next Friday. We are going to try to work our way through the 
budget resolution as rapidly as possible and get everybody out of here 
as soon as possible, but anticipate that next Friday will be difficult.

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